White Sheriff Details Grenada Confinement Incident
Rankin County Sheriff Walter White asserts Governor Noel misled him over the Will Mack case. He recounts coordinating with Grenada officials to hold the suspect at Grenada jail, then Vicksburg, with Fridge and Von Seutter acting on orders. White criticizes the governor’s interference and expenses he and Owens incurred.
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Brandon
Miss
Clarion-Le
Clarion
Maj
C. J. von Seutter
Genidg
Mae Cc
J. von Seutter
Sheriff White
Rankin County
Grenada
Noel
Thanefer Will
Wrrand
Ama
Wiliam Myers
Arrem County
Vicksburg
Warren County Iil
Jackson
Senatobia
Actin
Guany
Owens
Pela Hatchie
Meas
Hinds County
Granada County
General Fridge
Major Scutter
Noel’s
Tate County
Walter White
Oakley
White
Gov Noel Replies to Rankin Sheriff on Mack Case
Governor Noel defends actions in the Will Mack case explaining he received informal reports of a potential lynching and ordered officials to protect Mack. He says Adjutant General Fridge was notified with no change to original instructions and he ratified Grenada sheriff’s custody of Mack after returning from Natchez. He notes constitutional duty to supervise state officers and uphold laws, while criticizing some officers’ understanding of their duties.
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Walter White
Rankin County
Noel
Will Mack
Fidge
Grenada
Vicksburg
White
Rankin
Tate
Jackson
Brandon
Rankin and
Hinds
Mack
Natchez
Woman's Self Sufficiency and Duty to Work
An essay urges twentieth century girls to be self supporting with a vocation. It warns wealth can vanish and stresses women should study interests, pursue one skilled craft, and live for noble causes. It emphasizes faith and personal responsibility in future success.
Hefty Howland feud over Hetty Green fortune
In Napa a family conference of Howlands announced plans to sue for the Howland estate sparked by claims that Sylvia Anne Howland’s will forged the basis of Hetty Green’s $100 million fortune. They hold a second will differing from the 1865 probated document which left half the property to Hetty Howland Robinson as a life estate.
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Hetty Green
Sylvia Anne Howland
Howlands
Napa
America
Hetty rGeen
Bedford
Mass
Howland
Hetty Howland Robinson
California Will Trust Questions After Sylvia Howland Death
California financier involved in posthumous estate disputes over Sylvia Anne Howland. Two wills from 1865 caused New England gossip. One left half the estate to charities and beneficiaries with rest to Mrs Hetty Green and later heirs of Gideon Howland. the other split the entire estate to Mrs Green. Trust will rejected, other admitted to probate, reversion to Howlands on Green’s death. Williamson Finney cited as major northern landowner in the narrative.
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Union
Europe
Aly Gal Thuedd
Atlanta
Black Pee Ory
Hell
John Barleycorm
Johm B
Watson
California
Sylvia Anne Howland
Finnel
Hetty Green
Faults of Great Men Auction Note
Short ad by Robert Chapman of Johns Mississippi offering a 5 year old 15 hands horse named Jack for 10 dollars to insure. Reads as a selling notice with claim that great men have faults and the horse will season at the seller's place.
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Jack
Robert Chapman
Johns
Hur
Brdon
Ben Hur
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